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How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Reportedly Cooking in Quarantine Is So Relatable


Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are clearly making the most of their new lives in Los Angeles, despite these uncertain times.

After moving from Canada to Los Angeles back in March, most of their time has been spent giving back to their new community and (Prince) Harry’s home country. The former senior royals have been photographed volunteering with Project Angel Food, an L.A. organization that prepares and delivers healthy meals to those affected by COVID-19 and other illnesses. Aside from that, the Duke of Sussex took part in a video call with parents and medical workers associated with WellChild, an organization providing care to seriously ill children and young people in the U.K.

During the call, the Duke of Sussex shared a bit of insight into how his family of three has been faring in their new home. “There’s a hell of a lot of positives that are happening at the same time and being able to have family time—so much family time—that you almost think, ‘Do I feel guilty for having so much family time?’” he said, according to People. “You’ve got to celebrate those moments where you are just on the floor rolling around in hysterics. Inevitably, half an hour later, maybe a day later, there’s going to be something that you have to deal with, and there’s no way you can run away from it.”

Now, we have a few more details about what life is like for the couple outside of their charity work. “Harry says moving to L.A. has been liberating,” a source told Us Weekly on April 22. “They order from Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s, and they don’t have a chef right now, so Meghan often cooks.” Grocery store deliveries? Home-cooked meals? Sounds like…all of us right now in quarantine.

Still, Meghan Markle and (Prince) Harry are sticking to their promise to focus on helping others. “What’s most important right now is the health and wellbeing of everyone across the globe and finding solutions for the many issues that have presented themselves as a result of this pandemic,” they wrote in their final Sussex Royal Instagram post on March 30. “As we all find the part we are to play in this global shift and changing of habits, we are focusing this new chapter to understand how we can best contribute. While you may not see us here, the work continues.”

That’s still very much the case, according to the same source who spoke to Us Weekly. “Harry and Meghan’s No. 1 priority right now is helping those affected by the virus, especially the vulnerable,” they said.



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Lizzo Failing at Making Dalgona Coffee Is the Most Relatable Thing a Celeb Has Done in Quarantine


Lizzo can win Grammys, play the flute, rap, help you find the will to live, and create a national stir just by standing up at a basketball game.

But she cannot make Fancy Internet Coffee by hand, and in this sense, she is just like all of us.

You know Fluffy Online Dessert Coffee, perhaps by its legal name: Dalgona coffee. It’s the handmade Korean trend that has become an international sensation during quarantine. Caffeine-fiends and cool teens looking for a way to get non-boring coffee while staying at home developed this three-ingredient, whipped instant coffee, which you can make at home, following an easy recipe.

When you were young and full of hope and hadn’t added hot water yet.

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That is…if you have an electric mixer, you can easily make it at home. If you only have a whisk—or, God forbid, a spoon—it’s not so easy. Stirring by hand just isn’t an efficient way to whip air into liquid (that’s why most people buy butter, instead of churning it from heavy cream). You can make Dalgona coffee with a spoon or whisk, but only in the same way you can, technically, knit a tablecloth; it’s a fun activity if you’re in the mood, but time and space will likely lose all sense of meaning for you while you’re doing it. However, if you succeed you will feel like a pioneer queen and will instantly be vaulted into the next level of the quarantine simulation: i.e. baking your own bread. (Next thing you know, you’ll be whittling.)

Take it from Lizzo, who in a just world would win an Oscar for Best Short Film for the video masterpiece in which she attempts Dalgona coffee. Captioned “Shit don’t work,” this TikTok has everything: scenic shots, a musical number, smash cuts, comedy, tragedy, and a twist ending worthy of M. Night Shyamalan.

You can watch her attempt here.

Lizzo makes internettrend Dalgona coffee

Lizzo is all of us, in the Wild West of quarantine 

Lizzo, consider a hand mixer. And for anyone else planning to tough it out making hand-whipped Dalgona, your best bet is to switch mixing hands regularly (so you can get evenly ripped) and cue up a TV show or movie, cause you’re in for the long haul. If you stream Hustlers when you start mixing, you’ll have a perfect cup of coffee by the time Lizzo starts dancing with Usher. Probably.

Jenny Singer is a staff writer for Glamour. You can follow her on Twitter.





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Relatable: Listening to Alison Roman Obsess Over a Vintage Chanel Bag


By now, there’s nothing too new to say about the career of cook and author Alison Roman that hasn’t already been said. A millennial proxy for a generation who prefers hanging out to going out, her unfussy approach to cooking—coupled with her authentic persona and pleasing but not too perfect Instagram account—landed her food columns in the New York Times and Bon Appetit and a beloved cookbook, Dining In. When we met, her new cookbook, Nothing Fancy, was a few weeks away from being released—it’s now a New York Times bestseller—and she told me she has a deal to release two more. Alison’s gotten a ton of press during the last two years, most of it adoring. She’s been called the chef who broke the internet, she cooked a rib roast with Seth Myers, and she snagged a coveted spot on a site that asks only cool people, no exceptions, to break down their beauty routines so I was eager to chat about a topic I hadn’t heard her talk about: style.

This week on “What I Wore When,” Alison sits down with Perrie to talk about food, yes, but also personal style and the outfit she wore to interview at Bon Appetit—her first real-deal office job—the (very) expensive bag she’s dying for but can’t justify (don’t judge me for pressuring her to bite the bullet), the outfit that makes her feel most like herself, and the outdated fashion “rule” nobody should follow.

Roman during a cooking segment with  Seth Meyers in October.Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images

Alison and Perrie also get into dating (come for the story about how she fixes her friends up with her Instagram fans, stay for the one about the chicken drumstick, bell pepper, and sweet potato sheet pan date), how she understands that people might find it scary to go out with her given the fact that so much of dating is wrapped up in food, and the thing she’ll never do on a first—or second—date. It’s a great, engaging episode thanks to Alison’s candidness, so I hope you enjoy!

Follow host Perrie Samotin on Instagram @perriesamotin, guest Alison Roman @alisoneroman on Instagram and Twitter, and subscribe to “What I Wore When” on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen to your favorite shows.





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Queen Elizabeth Is Reportedly a 'Fan' of How Relatable Kate Middleton Has Been Recently


Kate Middleton has got to be feeling very good right now because she is reportedly in very high favor with her boss—a.ka. her grandmother-in-law and the Queen of England. It’s easy to forget as we fawn over Middleton’s fashion and enviable hair that when she’s out at engagements and on royal tours, it’s all in service and at the behest of Queen Elizabeth II.

“The Queen is a fan,” a source told Vanity Fair‘s royal reporter, Katie Nicholl. “Kate is unflappable. Her mantra is very like the Queen’s keep calm and carry on approach in life, and she has the added benefit of making the Royal Family seem almost normal and in touch.” There’s been a lot of drama surrounding the family of late, including rumors of sibling rifts and lawsuits against certain tabloids, so it makes sense that the queen would appreciate the Duchess of Cambridge’s calm, cool, and collected demeanor at the time. Reportedly, the monarch was also very happy with Middleton and Prince William’s recent royal tour of Pakistan.

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“It feels very much like this has been Kate’s year,” royal biographer Claudia Joseph told Vanity Fair. “She looks happy, in control and there’s a new confidence about her. “I think Kate seems much happier than a year ago. She has three lovely children, has been honored by the Queen for her hard work and is really well liked not just here but around the world.”

“She’s very much the girl next door, from how she dresses to how she behaves and interacts with people on engagements,” Joseph continued. “She is likeable and relatable and that has made her very popular.” And there definitely have been lots of good stories about the Duchess of Cambridge lately—like when she was spotted shopping at a chain store with Prince George and Princess Charlotte for Halloween costumes or how she had a mom’s night out at a pub with women from the kids’ school. She’s also reportedly trying to help her sister-in-law, Meghan Markle, after the Duchess of Sussex opened up about how difficult she’s finding it to handle the tabloid scrutiny.

“They [the Cambridges] seem to be making a real effort and it’s paying off,” another source told Vanity Fair. “They are getting great press.”

Well done, Kate. But now can you give an interview about every single hair product you use?



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The Inspiration for Ariana Grande’s New Song Is So Relatable


Ariana Grande has done it again, people. The Thank U, Next singer has unleashed yet another bop into the world. This one’s called “Boyfriend,” and it was cowritten by the duo Social House, with whom she frequently collaborates. Sonically it’s right on par with the songs she released on both the Sweetener and Thank U, Next albums: soulful and R&B-tinged with an incredibly catchy pop chorus. I’ve already listened to it 15 times, and I haven’t even had breakfast yet.

Fans shouldn’t read too much into the lyrics on this one. There don’t appear to be any hidden references to Grande’s ex-boyfriends the way there were on the Thank U, Next album. Rather, this breezy track is all about the push and pull of being casual with someone but wanting more. “You ain’t my boyfriend (Boyfriend) / And I ain’t your girlfriend (Girlfriend) / But you don’t want me to see nobody else,” Grande sings in the chorus.

Grande took to Twitter on Thursday night, August 1, and revealed the inspiration behind the song. “Well, I feel like this song captures a common theme in the lives of so many people I know,” Grande wrote. “People want to feel love but don’t want to define their relationship and have trouble fully committing or trusting or allowing themselves to fully love someone even though they want to.”

She continued, “We wanted to make something uplifting that captures that feeling of being afraid to take the leap and trust, being afraid of being hurt or feeling like you won’t be enough for that person…but also how it feels to have a crippling crush on someone.”

And as if the song weren’t enough, Grande also dropped the video for “Boyfriend.” In it Grande and Michael “Mikey” Foster from Social House play jealous friends with benefits who get inexplicably angry when they see the other flirting with someone else. At one point Grande pulls out a literal bow and arrow and…well, just watch it for yourself, below. The 2020 VMAs is already shaking.

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Naturally, fans are living for both this song and video:

Thank you, Ariana Grande, for blessing my weekend with yet another banger.



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Meghan Markle's Post-Baby Fitness Routine Is So Relatable


By all accounts, Meghan Markle is settling into motherhood quite nicely. While she made an appearance at Trooping the Colour last weekend to celebrate the queen’s birthday, she’s been spending most of her time at Frogmore Cottage with baby Archie. “Meghan is radiant, taking each day one day at a time…what strikes me most is this authentic peacefulness that has settled within her,” a royal source said recently.

Given the whirlwind ride Markle has been on since her relationship with Prince Harry became public in 2017, it must be nice to take a step back to just focus on herself and her family. She’s reportedly adopted a similar mentality when it comes to her post-birth fitness routine.

Royal reporter Katie Nicholl tells Entertainment Tonight that Markle “hasn’t been in any hurry to get back in shape,” and nor should she be! “Before she fell pregnant, you know, Meghan was very fit,” Nicholl continued. “She was very into her fitness regime. She used to run around the park in Kensington, but she has been taking it easy. And I hear that yoga is very much on her post-birth fitness regime—nothing too strenuous.”

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It’s great to hear that the Duchess of Sussex is taking care of herself and not worrying about the ridiculous expectations placed on women after they give birth. “The whole approach has been holistic, it has been gentle,” Nicholl tells ET. “It’s been a natural embracing of motherhood, and with that has come a pretty gentle routine … Meghan hasn’t been hitting the gym. She hasn’t been in any hurry to get back in shape. It’s only four weeks really since the birth, and she’s been taking that exercise regime very gently, indeed.”

The fact Markle’s practicing yoga should come as no surprise; her mother, Doria, is a yoga teacher and Markle has often talked about its benefits. “Apparently Doria took up postpartum yoga and baby yoga, and that’s all Meghan has been doing,” Nicholl also told ET. “And lots of proud walks around Windsor Great Park, so, gentle exercise, but no hard training, no weights. She’s apparently not in any hurry to ping back into shape. She’s enjoying this time. She’s being gentle to herself.” Cheers to that.



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